Caitlin MacNeal

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Caitlin MacNeal is a News Writer based in Washington, D.C. Before joining TPM, Caitlin interned and wrote for the Huffington Post, the Sunlight Foundation and Slate. She is a graduate of Georgetown University.

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Republican members of the House sang 'Amazing Grace' at a caucus meeting Tuesday morning, according to the Huffington Post.

Rep. Steve Southerland (R-FL) led the members in the hymn instead of the usual opening prayer. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) told the Huffington Post that it was "impressive" that the members could sing three verses of the song from memory.

Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) on Tuesday compared the small faction of Tea Party Republicans in the House to Civil War Confederates while discussing the government shutdown.

"This is all about a handful of people who got elected as Republicans that want to bring down our government. You can see it in the streets. You can see where they're coming from," Rangel said on CNN. "And the same way they fought as Confederates, they want to bring down the government and reform it."

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) said Friday that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has done so much to unintentionally boost Obamacare's popularity with his crusade to defund it that President Obama should thank Cruz with a campaign donation.

Erick Erickson, prominent conservative blogger, said on his blog Friday that he will be donating to the primary opponents of House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) because of the way both leaders are approaching negotiations on the continuing resolution and debt ceiling.

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) released a new campaign ad Friday, calling his Democratic opponent in the governor's race, Terry McAuliffe, "despicable" and hitting him for investing with a man who has been charged with defrauding insurers.

A new report commissioned by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), who chairs the Senate Commerce Committee, reveals the negative impact the government shutdown has had on certain agencies, according to an advance copy to be released Friday.